Garment-supporter.



No. 702,8!6. Patented .Iune l7, I902.

H. N. NURTHROP.

GARMENT SUPPORTEB.

(Application filed Apr. 2, 1902.)

(In Model.)

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HERBERT NEWELL NORTHROP, OF WEST SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO MARY ANTHONY, OF XVAKEFIELD, MASSA- cnusn'rrs.

SPECIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,816, dated June1'7, 1902.

Application filed April 2, 1902. Serial No. 101,082. (No model.)

To a whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT NEWELL NORTHROP, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of WVest Somerville,in the county of Middlesexand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and ImprovedGarment-Supporter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedgarment-supporter which is simple and durable in construction, easilyapplied, and arranged for use on skirts or waists to hold the same inproper relative position orfor use as a hose-supporter.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be more fully described hereinafter, and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 isan enlarged edge view showing the Waist, corset, and underskirt insection, the dress-skirt and belt being omitted. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the improvement. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 5 is arear face view of the same; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged edge view of theimprovement as applied on the complete dress, showing the garment insection.

The garment supporter consists, essentially, of a plate A, terminatingat one end in an integral hook B and carrying at the other end a pin (1for securing the supporter in position on the dress, as plainly shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 6. The lower or pin end of the plate A is splitlengthwise of the plateto form a plurality of members, as A and A ofwhich the end of the member A is curved backward to form an eye Aadapted to receive the pivot C of the pin 0, so that the latter canswing longitudinally on the plate A. The pivot C terminates at one endin a bend C from which extends the shank of the pin 0, and the other endof the said pivot is provided with an angular arm 0 pressed on by themember A which acts as a spring to hold the pin normally in a closedposition. The spring member A permits of swinging the pin 0 into an openposition whenever it is desired to fasten the pin to the garment. Ifdesired, the point end of the pin may be slightly bent toward the plate,as at O The bent portion C is so arranged as to bring the shank of thepin 0 to substantially the middle portion of the plate A, as plainlyindicated in Fig. 5, to insure holding the plate A'and its hook B inproper position when the device is applied.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 6, the pin 0 is engaged with the corset D, theunderskirt E, and the waist F, the plate A resting on the outer face ofthe waist, with the hook in an uppermost position, so that the waistbandG of the outer or dress skirt G can he slipped with its upper edge underthe said hook B. The outer belt can be applied over the device in anydesired manner, and, if desired, the hook B can be hooked onto the lowerbar of the buckle H on the waist-belt H, so that the several parts aresecurely held in proper relati ve position.

The device maybe used as a hose-supporter, and is for this purposeattached to the sides of the corset or to another garment, with the hookB in a lowermost position. v

The device is very simple and durable in construction, can be cheaplymanufactured, and readily applied.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A garment-supporter, having a plate terminating atone end in a hook and having its other end split, and a pin fulcrumed onone of the split end members and having an angular arm engaged byanother split end member, as set forth.

2. A garment-supporter,com prising a plate terminating at one end in ahook and having its other end split to form two members, of which one isformed into an eye extending on the back of the plate, and a pinextending along substantially the middle of said plate at the backthereof, the said pin having a pivot, connected by a bent portion withthe shank of the pin, the pivot engaging the said eye and the said pivotterminating in an angular arm pressed on by the other spring member ofthe split end of the plate, as set forth.

3. A garment-supporter comprising a plate name to this speoification inthe presence of terminating at one end in a. hook and having twosubscribing witnesses. its other end split, and a pin fulcrumed upon theplate near said split; end and having an 5 angular arm engaged by one ofthe split mem- Witnesses: hers. VILLIAM'H. TUCKER,

In testimony whereof I have signed my JOHN H. GRIFFIN.

HERBERT NEWELL NORTHROP.

